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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 253 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SMETHWICK , a municipal and See also:

county See also:borough in the Hands-See also:worth See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England, 3 M. W. of See also:Birmingham on the See also:Great Western and the See also:London & See also:North Western See also:railways. Pop. (1891) 36,106; (1901) 54,539. There are large See also:glass, chemical and See also:machine See also:works; nuts and bolts are made, and lighthouse fittings are a specialty. Adjoining Smethwick on the E. is the See also:district of Soho, famous as the See also:scene of the See also:engineering experiments of See also:James See also:Watt during his See also:partnership with See also:Matthew See also:Boulton (c. 1770). The See also:town of Smethwick is a See also:modern growth about an See also:ancient See also:village, the name of which appears in Domesday. The borough, incorporated in 1899 (county borough, 1907), is under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 1929 acres.

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